Archive for November, 2007
Friday, November 30th, 2007
Sean Salmon has fought nine times in 2007 with five of those fights coming in the last two and a half months. If he wasn't medically suspended for 45 days I'm sure he would have been thrilled to make it ten.
Obviously, Salmon's much-publicized KO at the hands (or knees) of ...
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
Less than two years ago David "The Crow" Loiseau lost a unanimous decision to then-UFC Middleweight Champion, Rich Franklin. No one would have ever guessed the magnitude of that loss for the Montreal native.
Once heralded as the future of the UFC's 185-pound division, "the Crow" followed that loss with another ...
Posted in David Loiseau, Interview, MMA | 4 Comments »
Friday, November 30th, 2007
The Platinum Agency continues to provide us with the best-looking (and smart!) models around. They really are great friends.
This week, we spoke with Kayla who might be the most knowledgeable (at least when it comes to combat sports) of the bunch thus far.
The Orlando native appears to be an avid ...
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
Remember Roger Huerta's first fight after appearing on the cover of Sports Illustrated at The Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale show? Remember that unknown Alaskan whom everyone thought was being served up to Huerta to pad his record a little more? Remember thinking midway through the first round of their fight ...
Posted in Doug Evans, Interview, UFC, MMA | 2 Comments »
Thursday, November 29th, 2007
I'll admit it - sometimes I like to watch boxing telecasts just to hear this line: "Let's go to Harold Lederman's scorecard. 'OKAY JIM. 59-57 BERNARD "THE EXECUTIONER" HOPKINS. YOU KNOW, JIM, BERNARD'S JAB IS REALLY MOVING TONIGHT..." I just can't get it enough of it.
So, naturally, I was very ...
Posted in Eddie Bravo, Interview, MMA | 3 Comments »
Thursday, November 29th, 2007
One has to wonder how last night's quarter-final matchup on The Ultimate Fighter 6 between Tommy Speer and Ben Saunders would have turned out had Saunders not been so sick. Such is the life of a fighter - especially one on TUF. Come hell or high water, if you are ...
Posted in Ben Saunders, Interview, The Ultimate Fighter, UFC, MMA | 15 Comments »
Thursday, November 29th, 2007
We have spies scouring gyms and dojos across North America to bring you the latest in combat sports and here's proof: Georges St. Pierre, the man who will be facing Matt Hughes at UFC 79 (haven't you heard?) sparring with the current reigning and defending WBA Light Middleweight Champion Joachim ...
Posted in Georges St. Pierre, Joachim Alcine, Boxing, MMA | 1 Comment »
Thursday, November 29th, 2007
Forget about GSP-Hughes III, the announcement that really rocked the MMA world this week* was Ryan Harkness (FightLinker.com) challenging Sam Caplan (fiveouncesofpain.com, proelite.com and cbssports.com) to a REAL MMA fight. No, really he did. And, yes, they are going to fight.
I had heard some rumblings that Ryan was going to ...
Posted in Ryan Harkness, Interview, Sam Caplan, MMA | 14 Comments »
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Apparently, Mike Whitehead can't get enough of competing for team-based MMA promotions. First, the International Fight League and now the new Ring of Fire (not to be confused with the promotion in Denver).
Before we get to Ring of Fire, in my interview with Whitehead (found below) he officially cleared up ...
Posted in Ring Of Fire, Mike Whitehead, Interview, MMA | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
The last time MMA fans saw Strikeforce's Light Heavyweight champion, Bobby Southworth, compete was less than two weeks ago. Unfortunately, it came in a disappointing loss to Anthony Ruiz due to a cut he sustained in the second round. Fortunately for Southworth, though, the fight was a non-title bout so ...
Posted in Strikeforce, Bobby Southworth, Interview, MMA | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
I touched on this last week but the reason I love the current edition of HBO's 24/7 so much is because the differences between Ricky Hatton and Floyd Mayweather are so vast its almost comical. Sure, Oscar De La Hoya is no Pretty Boy Floyd but there's no denying that ...
Posted in Press Conference, Ricky Hatton, Boxing | No Comments »
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
The worst kept secret in professional wrestling - six-time Heavyweight champion, Booker T, signing with TNA - proved to be correct last month. Since signing with TNA, Booker has repeatedly said that he was unhappy with the current direction of his former employer World Wrestling Entertainment. In fact, after his ...
Posted in Press Conference, Booker T, Wrestling, TNA | 2 Comments »
Monday, November 26th, 2007
I spoke to former UFC fighter Sam Hoger earlier today and instead of writing some fluffy intro on him I thought I would just give you a taste of some of his interesting quotes.
"I see Forrest (Griffin) every time I go to Vegas...He's still a turd. Now, that's a fight ...
Posted in Sam Hoger, Interview, MMA | 2 Comments »
Monday, November 26th, 2007
The UFC held a conference call today to officially announce that Georges St. Pierre (14-2-0) (right) will be replacing the injured Matt Serra at UFC 79 to challenge Matt Hughes (41-5-0) (left) for the interim Welterweight title.
Hot diggity, the UFC really worked their magic with this one. Sure, we all ...
Posted in Matt Hughes, Press Conference, Georges St. Pierre, UFC, Dana White, MMA | No Comments »
Monday, November 26th, 2007
This past week's episode of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra was one of the more controversial ones ever as Head Coach Matt Serra refused to corner against two of his fighters.
In case you missed it, problems arose when four of Serra's fighters (Matt Arroyo, George Sotiropoulos, Troy ...
Posted in Troy Mandaloniz, Interview, The Ultimate Fighter, MMA | 1 Comment »
Sunday, November 25th, 2007
It's been a while since I called the great city of Montreal my home but that doesn't mean I still don't hold a soft spot in my heart for all things Quebec (just look at the name of this blog for further proof).
So, needless to say, when I was offered ...
Posted in Joachim Alcine, Interview, Boxing | 1 Comment »
Sunday, November 25th, 2007
Coming off two tough losses on Strikeforce cards, Jason Von Flue is stepping back into an MMA cage this coming Saturday to face Brett Cooper (5-4-0) for the Pure Combat Welterweight title.
This fight will be Von Flue's first away from the national spotlight in over two years as he had ...
Posted in Jason Von Flue, Interview, MMA | 1 Comment »
Sunday, November 25th, 2007
A look at who will be stopping by Jarry Park later this week...
* Former TUF 2 alum and current Strikeforce fighter, Jason Von Flue, will discuss his MMA career.
* Current WBA Light Middleweight champion, Joachim Alcine (left), will break down his upcoming title defense against Alfonso Mosquera.
* Current cast member ...
Posted in This Week | 3 Comments »
Friday, November 23rd, 2007
When it comes to submissions maneuvers, the gogoplata is as rare as gets. It's safe to say that you are more likely to see a triple play executed in a baseball game than a gogoplata in an MMA match.
So, you can imagine the shockwaves Heavyweight Brad Imes sent when he ...
Posted in Brad Imes, Interview, MMA | 2 Comments »
Friday, November 23rd, 2007
Another week, another model talks to us about fighting. Tough life, I suppose.
Thanks to our partnership with The Platinum Agency, we spoke with Natalie (right) about the fight game and whole bunch of other topics.
Be sure to visit The Platinum Agency for all your casting, modeling, ring card girl, friendly ...
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